Now That Mom Is in the Lord's Arms, I Just Have to Live the Way She Taught Me: Reflections on an Elderly, African American Mother's Death

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 41-51

  Smith, Sharon Hines ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Death; Elderly mothers; Family continuity; Middle aged daughters

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242788456     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J083v32n02_04     Document Type: Article

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